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Y LBATILy CASH RECEIPT CHEGKING APPARATUS.

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BATH CASH' RECEIPT GHBGKING APPARATUS.

No. 467,767. Patented Jan. 26, 1892.

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No. 467,767'. Patented Jan. 26, 1892.Y

' UNITED n STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BATH, OF. LONDON, ENGLAND.

`CASH-RECEIPT-CHECJKlNC APPAATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,767, dated January 26, 1892.

Application iiled February 25 1891. Serial No. 382.744. (No model.)

To all whom/ may concern.-

Ble it known that I, JOHN BATH, a subject of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at -which an amount paid is simultaneously printed on a bill and also separately printed upon a band of paper for checking purpose, this latter band of paperbeing so placed as not to be accessible except to those who have the means to open that part of the machine Where such band of paper is placed. An apparatus so constructed is primarily intended for use in shops to check the honesty of the assistants.

To enable this invention to be properly understood, I will describe the same with aid of the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a side view of the entire apparatus with the outside casing removed; Fig. 2, a front View with part of front removed;

Figs. 3 and 4, detached views of a part hereinafter referred to.

Ais the frame of machine.

B B' B2 B3 are portions of wheels or disks carried on central axles, (hereinafter called wheels,) carrying on part of their periphery two oppositely-disposed arcs of type letters or figures. Of these arcs of type D D D2 D3 on wheels B, B', B2, and B2 are shown in Fig. 2, the corresponding arcs C, &c., being hidden behind the said wheels. In Fig. l two of said oppositely-disposed arcs O and D are shown.

B4 is a portion of a wheel carryinga box B5 to hold dating-type, the requisite date being changed daily in the usual way; E, inkingrollers.y The wheels B B' B2 B3 B4 are normally held in the position shown at Fig. l by springs B6; F, ratchet on part of wheel, the teeth of which are set the same distance apart as are the printing type at top and bottom. These wheels are operated to set the type for printing from by the attached rods G passing through slots A2 in face of machine A. These rods G have outside heads G', which are moved by the hand of the operator over the face A', which is marked by numerals at H corresponding to the type B B' B2 B3.

The type D and O represent farthings; D and its opposite arc (not shown),on the wheel B represent pence; D2 and its opposite arc (not shown) on B2 represent shillings, and D3 and its opposite arc (not shown) on B3 represent pounds,

On pulling down the heads G' to any numeral the pawls .l engage the ratchet F, and so hold the wheels at any desired position, bringing a line of numerals representing certain amounts into the position to be printed from.

The bill or paper to be printed upon is passed into the slot K and the button L depressed by the hand, which print the amount as has been set upon the paper, as follows: The button L is connected to a sliding piece M, the bottom of which may have secured to it a piece of india-rubber M'. I/Vhen the piece M is in thek position shown at Fig. l, the type is covered by a sliding plate N, connected to a rod N', moved by a spiral spring N2, held compressed by one end of a crank-lever N3, pivoted at N4. This crank is lifted by a pin 0,-attached to the top of a vertically-moving rod P, connected to one rounded end of a pivoted lever Q, the other rounded end engaging the piece M, so that depressing the button L causes the cover N to be drawn back, exposing the type and allowing them to print on the paper introduced at K when the paper is pressed upon the type by the descent of the piece M. The rod P has an angle part P', to which is connected apart P2, which may have a layer of india-rubber P on the top. To the part P2 is connected a pawl P3 to engage a ratchet-wheel-R, connected to a wheel R', to wind up paper S drawn from reel R2. The two reels R and R2 are carried on suitable fixed axles, so as to turn as required, reel R being moved by the upward movement of lthe part P2 by means of the pawl P3, and so draw a short distance of paper over the top of P2. Vhen the desired amount hasv been set,

by moving down the heads Gr' to the numerals IOO ing the amount that is set upon the paper at the same time the piece M presses the paper introduced at K upon the top type. By this arrangement a duplicate of everything printed upon the top paper is obtained upon the bottom paper, which the operator cannot get at7 thereby making it impossible for a shopassistant to steal any money received without"detection if he properly prints the amount taken upon the bill given to the customer. After printing, it is advisable for all the type-wheels to return to their normal positions, as in Fig. l, without assistance from the operator. To effect this, it is necessary for all the pawls J to be lifted from the ratchets F. This is done automatically as follows: To the side ot the sliding piece INI is pivoted a rod T, having the bottom end passing through a guide T. Near the end of this rod T is a double pawl T2, one end of which when the rod T moves down passes under one end a pivoted lever T3, and the other end of pawl on the rising ot` t-he rod T (when the pressure is taken oft the button L) comes against a stud T1 to cause the pawl to withdraw from under the end of lever T3. The other end of T3 is connected to a crank-arm U, attached to the axle U on which are the pawls J. Attached to this'aXle are two arms U2 to support a cross-rod U3 to litt the whole of the pawls by the movement of the lever T3, actuated by the uprising of the rod T. This movement is effected by the spring V drawing down the rod I.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a printing-check apparatus, the combination,with a shaft and a disk set thereon, said disk having duplicate type symmetrically disposed on the opposite sides of the periphery thereof, with means for inklng the said type, said disk also having a rack on one side thereof, of a device for moving said disk through any desired angle, a pawl engaging said rack and holding said disk at said angle, a spring attached to said disk and returning same to the initial position when said pawl is released, a strip of paper passing beneath said disk, and apresser adapted to press said paper against said type, substantially as described.

2. In a printing-check apparatus, the combinat-ion,\vith a shaft and a disk set thereon7 said disk having duplicate type symmetrically disposed on the opposite sides of. the periphery thereof, with means for inking the said type, said disk also having a rack on one side thereof, and a pawl engaging said rack, of a device for moving said disk through any desired angle, a spring attached to said disk and returning the same to the initial position when said pawl is released, an apertured guide-plate for a tag, a plunger' faced with rubber over said apertured guide plate,

adapted to press said tag on said typo, a lever connected to said plunger, a bent bar connected to said levers, moving in guides and passing beneath the said disk, a presser on said bent bar adapted to move in the line of said plunger against the type on the opposite tace of the disk, and a strip ot' paper passing between said presser and said lower type, substantially as described.

3. In a printing-check apparatus of the character described, the combination, with an angularly-adjustable disk carrying two sets of type symmetrically disposed on the periphery thereof, of a plunger adapted to press a tag against one set of type, a lever connected near one end to the said plunger and having a fixed pivot, and abentbar oo nnected to said lever moving in guides and adapted to press a strip of paper against the duplicate type, substantially as described.

fl. In a printing-check apparatus ot' the character described, the combination, with an angularly-adjustable disk carrying two sets ot type symmetrically disposed on the periphery thereof, of a plunger adapted to press a tag against one set of type, a lever connected near one end to the said plunger and having a xed pivot, a bent bar connected to said lever moving in guides and adapted to press a strip ot` paper against the duplicate type, a spring attached to said bar and acting as a means for normally keeping said presser clear of said lower type and of raising said plunger clear of said apertured tagplate, substantially as described.

5. In a printing-check apparatus of the character described, the combination ot the parts B B B2 B3 B4, carrying numeral type, connecting rods G with heads G', a slotted face A', having numerals marked thereon corresponding to the type, ratchets F on one side of each disk, with pawls J engaging said ratchets, and spring B on the opposite side of the said disk, connecting same to the frame-work and normally restoring the disk to the initial position, a ribbon of papersuitably held to be unwound, a depressible piece M, lever Q, rod P, with part I, pawl I, ratchet-wheel R on reel R', reel R2, and spring V, all arranged and operating as described and set forth.

6. In a printing-check apparatus ot` the character described, the combination, with the parts B B BZBS, having ratchets F, spring BG, and pawls J, of the depressible piece M, held up by spring appliance, rod T, pawl T2, lever T3, stud T4, crank U, axle U', arms U2, and cross-rods U3, substantially as and for the purposes described.

JOHN BATII.

Witnesses F. PRINCE, THOMAS DENNIS.

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